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description [dɪ'skrɪpʃən](a) (account, representation) description f; (physical) portrait m; Administration (for police purposes, on passport) signalement m;∎ the brochure gives a detailed description of the hotel la brochure donne une description détaillée de l'hôtel;∎ can you give us a description of the man? pouvez-vous nous faire un portrait de l'homme?;∎ a man answering the police description un homme correspondant au signalement donné par la police;∎ the food at the reception was beyond or past description le repas servi à la réception était indescriptible;∎ her father was angry beyond description son père était dans une colère indescriptible∎ the police seized weapons of every description la police a saisi toutes sortes d'armes;∎ we were unable to find a vehicle of any description nous étions incapables de trouver un quelconque véhiculeUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > description
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description [dɪsˈkrɪp∫ən]a. [of person, scene, object] description f• he gave a description of what happened/how he had escaped il a décrit ce qui s'était passé/la façon dont il s'était évadé• police have issued a description of the man they are looking for la police a diffusé le signalement de l'homme qu'elle rechercheb. ( = sort) people of all descriptions des gens de toutes sortes• I need a bag of some description il me faut un sac, n'importe lequel* * *[dɪ'skrɪpʃn]1) gen description f (of de; as comme étant); ( for police) signalement m (of de)2) (type, kind) genre m -
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1 (of person, event, object) description f (of de ; as comme étant) ; ( for police) signalement m (of de) ; to be beyond description être indescriptible ;2 (type, kind) genre m ; of every description, of all descriptions de toutes sortes ; items of a similar description articles du même genre ; I need a table of some description j'ai besoin de quelque chose qui puisse faire office de table. ⇒ job description. -
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[-'skrip-]1) ((an) act of describing: I recognized him from your description.) description2) (an account of anything in words: He gave a description of his holiday.) description3) (a sort or kind: He carried a gun of some description.) sorte -
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8 description of work
Idésignation des ouvrages f, désignation des travaux fIIDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > description of work
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9 description of accident
circonstances du sinistre (LGA)English-French insurance dictionari > description of accident
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10 description of property
caractéristiques des biens (LGA)English-French insurance dictionari > description of property
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11 job description
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13 geographical description
English-French dictionary of Geography > geographical description
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17 job description
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19 page description language
langage m de description de pageEnglish-French business dictionary > page description language
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20 inaccuracy of description
erreur de description (2e)English-French insurance dictionari > inaccuracy of description
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description — [ dɛskripsjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1160; lat. descriptio 1 ♦ Action de décrire, énumération des caractères (de qqch.). Description orale, écrite. Faire, donner une, la description de qqch., de qqn. Description exacte, fidèle, précise. Description d une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
description — de·scrip·tion n: a representation in words of the nature and characteristics of a thing: as a: a specification of the boundaries of a piece of land (as for a deed) b: an explanation of an invention in a patent application or printed publication… … Law dictionary
description — DESCRIPTION. s. f. Discours par lequel on décrit, on dépeint. Il y a de belles descriptions dans cet Historien, dans ce Poëte. La description d un Palais, d une maison, d un jardin, d une tempête, des effets d une passion. Faire une… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
description — Description. s. f. v. L s se prononce. Discours par lequel on descrit, on depeint. Il y a de belles descriptions dans cet historien, dans ce poëte. la description d une belle maison, d un jardin, d une tempeste, d une passion. faire une… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Description — De*scrip tion, n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See {Describe}.] 1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. [1913 Webster] 2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
description — Fowler (1926) discouraged the use of description as an alternative to kind and sort in expressions such as crimes of this description, but the use has become well established and often seems appropriate if sometimes a little old fashioned: • If… … Modern English usage
description — [di skrip′shən] n. [ME descripcioun < OFr description < L descriptio, a marking out, delineation < pp. of describere] 1. the act, process, art, or technique of describing or picturing in words 2. a statement or passage that describes 3.… … English World dictionary
description — late 14c., from O.Fr. description (12c.) and directly from L. descriptionem (nom. descriptio) representation, description, copy, noun of action from pp. stem of describere write down, transcribe, copy, sketch, from de down (see DE (Cf. de )) +… … Etymology dictionary
description — [n1] account in speech, writing ABCs*, blow by blow, brief, characterization, chronicle, confession, declaration, definition, delineation, depiction, detail, explanation, explication, fingerprint, information, make, monograph, narration,… … New thesaurus
description — Description, Descriptio. La description du monde, Cosmographia … Thresor de la langue françoyse
description — ► NOUN 1) a spoken or written account. 2) the process of describing. 3) a sort, kind, or class: people of any description … English terms dictionary